diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c b/tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c
index 1a4ef9cd9d5f..646ec5d5de80 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c
@@ -1085,8 +1085,8 @@ static int read_events(struct perf_kvm_stat *kvm)
 
 static int parse_target_str(struct perf_kvm_stat *kvm)
 {
-	if (kvm->pid_str) {
-		kvm->pid_list = intlist__new(kvm->pid_str);
+	if (kvm->opts.target.pid) {
+		kvm->pid_list = intlist__new(kvm->opts.target.pid);
 		if (kvm->pid_list == NULL) {
 			pr_err("Error parsing process id string\n");
 			return -EINVAL;
@@ -1188,7 +1188,7 @@ kvm_events_report(struct perf_kvm_stat *kvm, int argc, const char **argv)
 		OPT_STRING('k', "key", &kvm->sort_key, "sort-key",
 			    "key for sorting: sample(sort by samples number)"
 			    " time (sort by avg time)"),
-		OPT_STRING('p', "pid", &kvm->pid_str, "pid",
+		OPT_STRING('p', "pid", &kvm->opts.target.pid, "pid",
 			   "analyze events only for given process id(s)"),
 		OPT_END()
 	};
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/kvm-stat.h b/tools/perf/util/kvm-stat.h
index 0b5a8cd2ee79..cf1d7913783b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/kvm-stat.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/kvm-stat.h
@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@ struct perf_kvm_stat {
 	u64 lost_events;
 	u64 duration;
 
-	const char *pid_str;
 	struct intlist *pid_list;
 
 	struct rb_root result;